It was another superb day of action in the Premier League which didn’t see as many goal scored as last weekend, but there was still plenty of controversy.

From the wet and windy start in the early kickoff at Craven Cottage to late drama at St. Mary’s and St. James’ Park and the late game at Villa Park, there were some tight games in Week 2 of the Premier League.

Plus Hull City and Norwich City fought tooth and nail in a real battle at the KC Stadium in a tremendous game.

We covered them all at ProSoccerTalk, so here are the recaps with plenty more reaction to come. And here are the Premier League standings… it may be a bit earlier to scrutinize the standings but have a go anyway.

The Gunners finally picked up their first points of the season, with a resounding win over Fulham at a soggy Craven Cottage. Olivier Giroud somewhat fortuitously put Arsenal ahead after the impressive Aaron Ramsey had a shot that hit Giroud before the Frenchman tucked the ball home. German international Lukas Podolski then tidied up to nab Arsenal’s second before the break and Podolski struck again to make it 3-0 in the 67th minute. A late consolation for Fulham’s new signing Darren Bent on his debut was all the Cottagers could muster, as Arsene Wenger‘s side prospered.

It took just two minutes for Sunderland to take the lead at Southampton, as Italian international Emanuele Giaccherini headed home Sebastian Larsson‘s superb corner. The Saints pressed for an equalizer for the next 86 minutes (having 67 percent of the possession but failing to break the Black Cats down) and finally got their breakthrough when Portuguese defender Jose Fonte headed home with two minutes left. St. Mary’s erupted as the points were shared but the Saints really should have grabbed all three as manager Mauricio Pochettino pointed out in his post-match press conference.

A fine game at Villa Park as Liverpool snatched their second-straight 1-0 win to open the season. Daniel Sturridge was again the game-winner, as his delightful finish in the 21st minute proved enough to seal three more points for Brendan Rodgers‘ side. Villa played well in the second half, with Simon Mignolet pulling off a great save from a powerful Christian Benteke shot in the final few minutes. This Liverpool team is still gelling but after two wins from two and two shutouts, the Reds are on the charge.

Steve Bruce was over the moon following this one, as Hull City grabbed a win despite playing for over an hour down a man. Yannick Sagbo was sent off in the 27th minute for throwing his weight around, but Hull were already 1-0 up thanks to Robbie Brady‘s penalty five minutes earlier. A nervy final 60 minutes played out at the KC Stadium but Hull beat Norwich and now head to Manchester City next weekend. A much needed win for the newly promoted side.

This game never really got going until stoppage time. West Ham looked solid and reduced Newcastle to speculative efforts throughout, and the Hammers had two great chances through Winston Reid and Kevin Nolan either side of half time. But in the 91st minute Modibo Maiga thought he’d won it for the Hammers but his tap in goal from five yards out was from an offside position. Then Newcastle spurned a glorious opportunity to grab all three points in the 93rd minute, when Sammy Ameobi‘s cross hit the post and rebounded to Yoan Gouffran four yards out… but somehow the Frenchman hit his effort over.

Another stalemate, but this one was by no means boring as the Toffees came unstuck at home to West Brom. In Roberto Martinez‘ first game in charge at Goodison Park, Everton started brightly but ‘keeper Ben Foster was in inspired form for the Baggies. He went off injured late on and Marouane Fellaini also grabbed the win but his shot in the 82nd minute beat substitute goalkeeper Luke Daniels, but not the post.

It was all going so well for newly promoted Crystal Palace at half time. 1-0 up away from home at one of the toughest venues to visit in the Premier League, Ian Holloway’s men were all smiles as they walked off the pitch. But then Stoke turned quickly turned the game on its head. New Palace signing Marouane Chamakh had opened the scoring with a lovely finish after 31 minutes. But then Stoke struck twice in the space of four minutes through Charlie Adam and Ryan Shawcross to seal Mark Hughes’ first win in charge of the Potters. Palace remain pointless after two games.